Attractions for Families and Children
The Indianapolis Zoo, located downtown, is a beautiful facility that houses 250 species of animals, and 2,000 varieties of plants, simulating a wide variety of natural habitats in a spacious setting. The zoo also includes an aquarium with regular shows and a botanical garden.
The Children’s Museum offers an array of engaging learning activities in science, art, and humanities. In this museum, play is an important component of learning and a number of delightful play spaces make learning fun and enticing. Children are encouraged to discover dinosaurs, experiment with scientific principles, visit other countries, and come face-to-face with history in the museum’s many hands-on exhibits.
Conner Prairie, located nearby in the city’s lush, green suburbs, is another family destination that is not to be missed. This large, outdoor museum, open seasonally, enables children and families to visit and engage with the history of human settlement in the midwestern United States. Living history exhibits at Conner Prairie include a recreation of a log cabin village, a 19th-century farmhouse, a one-room schoolhouse, a Lenape Indian camp, a lively prairie village, and more.
Day Trips and Excursions: Groups who visit Indianapolis often like to take their bus to cities nearby, like Louisville, Chicago, Fort Wayne, Columbus, and Dayton.
Sports Trips and Events: Professional and college sports fans often charter a bus to home or even away games to support their teams. Cheer on the Colts or even take a bus over to South Bend to support the Fighting Irish.
